Academic Information and Communication Technologies, University of Alberta
The Academic Information and Communication Technologies (AICT) department at the University of Alberta provides high performance computing and support services to researchers at the University of Alberta and partner institutions across Canada. AICT also maintains the University of Alberta's general-access research computational facilities, including several license servers. The AICT Linux clusters, for instance, offer a powerful solution to many high performance computing needs. These clusters are the perfect place to run fast parallel jobs that do not require the large shared memory space of the WestGrid machines. AICT helps researchers get the most from the universities computing resources and assists with code parallelization and optimization. Cybera’s NEP projects are using AICT’s computational facilities for software development.
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Advanced Education and Technology, Government of Alberta
Advanced Education and Technology provides strategic leadership for the development of the next generation economy in Alberta. In collaboration with learning providers, industry, communities, government agencies and non-government organizations, the Ministry of Advanced Education and Technology strives to fulfill its mission by creating accessible, affordable and quality learning opportunities that are responsive to the ongoing learning needs of Albertans. The ministry co-operates with key innovation support agencies to foster support for commercialization and innovation activities across the province.
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 CANARIE
CANARIE is Canada's advanced research and innovation network. It underpins leading-edge discovery research and big science, and connects innovators throughout the country and around the world. This non-profit corporation empowers 39,000 researchers at nearly 200 Canadian universities and colleges, as well as scientists at many research institutes, hospitals, and government laboratories. It also supports the development of new tools that enable researchers to leverage the network, helping them analyze very large amounts of data, collaborate more effectively, and apply research results in innovative ways. By participating in strategic regional, national and global collaborations, CANARIE stimulates research, innovation and growth, delivering economic, social, and cultural benefits to Canadians. Established in 1993, CANARIE is supported by membership fees, with major funding of its programs and activities provided by the Government of Canada.
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 Grid Research Centre
The Grid Research Centre, based at the University of Calgary, pursues research in the areas of grid, cloud, and high performance computing. The Grid Research Centre has attracted interest and support of key partners in academia, industry and government. In addition to working with Cybera, the Grid Research Centre has established collaborations with HP Labs, Los Alamos National Laboratory, CANARIE, the Universities of Calgary and Alberta, WestGrid and the University of Bath. This collaboration involves the development of middleware, tools and services, and working with application specialists to automate computing activities.
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 University of Calgary Department of Information Technologies
The University of Calgary Department of Information Technologies provides computing and media services in support of learning, teaching, research and administration. The department has a wide range of responsibilities from providing the campus research and network services to ensuring critical day-to-day business operations. It provides support services for researchers at the University of Calgary and its partner institutions throughout Canada. It also provides testing of new innovations and generating initiatives that will lead to the next generation of IT services.
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 WestGrid
WestGrid operates high performance computing, collaboration and data storage infrastructure for researchers across western Canada. It encompasses 14 partner institutions across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. WestGrid was the first resource provider in Canada to adopt a grid-enabled system for its high performance computing, collaboration and scientific visualization resources. Since 2004, this system has enabled WestGrid to build a user community across Canada in disciplines ranging from the sciences and engineering to arts and humanities. WestGrid works closely with Compute/Calcul Canada, a national organization that coordinates and promotes the use of high performance computing, and the country’s other regional high performance computing consortia to advance Canada’s computing landscape. Cybera provides project management to WestGrid, specifically through coordinating WestGrid’s financial, administrative and communications activities.
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